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The appellant is a national of Somalia born 20 May 1988. He entered the United Kingdom on 17 October 2002 at the age of 14 and has been continuously resident here since. He was recognised as a refugee on 22 January 2003.
On 6 January 2009 the appellant was convicted of three counts of supplying a Class A controlled drug and sentenced to four years and nine months' imprisonment. On 4 September 2012 he was once again convicted of supplying a Class A controlled drug and on this occasion was sentenced to five years and seven months' imprisonment.
On 16 June 2014 the Secretary of State sent notice to the appellant of her intention to 'cease' his refugee status. On 9 April 2015 the Secretary of State made a decision headed: "Decision to deport and to refuse a protection claim and/or human rights claim" , in relation to which the appellant brought an appeal before the First-tier Tribunal. It is this decision which forms the focus of the appeal before us.
In a lengthy decision promulgated on 20 October 2015 First-tier Tribunal judge Davey dismissed the appellant's appeal on all grounds. Permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal was subsequently granted on 27 November 2015 by FTTJ Andrew.
During the course of these submissions it became apparent that the Secretary of State's decision of 9 April 2015 suffered from a hereto unforeseen fundamental inadequacy that not only rendered it unlawful, but also had the same effect on the proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal.
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